by Kobo Writing Life | May 12, 2020 | Blog, Kobo News
As you might have seen in our latest newsletter, we at Kobo have been supporting the UK’s publishers association in its lobby to #AxetheReadingTax and equalise the rates of VAT applied to books by removing VAT on digital editions of titles. For centuries in the U.K.,...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 22, 2018 | News
Good Morning Authors! Early this morning, Kobo launched eBooks with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. Kobo’s CEO, Michael Tamblyn, has more details to share below: Walmart’s New Digital Book Offering is Worth Exploring As an avid book lover, I...
by Kobo Writing Life | Dec 20, 2017 | KWL Podcast, Self-Promotion, The Business of Writing
Launched in 2012, BookBub has become the essential marketing platform for authors and publishers to promote their eBooks to millions of power readers around the world. We jumped at the chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at BookBub, how they select eBooks for their...
by Kobo Writing Life | Dec 6, 2017 | KWL Podcast, The Craft of Writing
In Episode 98, Mark Lefebvre interviews bestselling Australian thriller author Rachel Amphlett, who came to Kobo HQ during her international author tour. Rachel, her husband Nick, and Mark sat down to talk about how she finds inspiration, never giving up, sticking to...
by Kobo Writing Life | Nov 22, 2017 | KWL Podcast, The Craft of Writing
Mark Lefebvre interviews James Alan Gardner and Spider Robinson, co-editors of the Tesseracts Twenty: Compostela anthology. Compostela means “field of stars” and is most commonly known from the Santiago de Compostela, which, for more than 1,000 years, has attracted...
